Monday, 15 July 2013

A Girl, A Bear, A Dog And A Unicorn - You Couldn't Make It Up!

I've had these items made for weeks and weeks and finally got Flicky to model them for me only yesterday - the imminent departure of two of the items down under being a major incentive to get my arse into gear.

I've made the child's apron and chef's hat, so wonderfully modelled here by Bedwyn Bear, for the niece of my fabulous friend, Wendy, who lives in Oz (Wendy's niece lives in Oz that is!). The second adult apron, even more wonderfully modelled by my daughter, Flicky, is what happens when you don't write the pattern name/size on paper pattern templates that you've created previously - when you remake them you grab the wrong size template and then thank your lucky stars that you've bought enough fabric to make two aprons!!! So the smaller hat and apron are winging their way down under this week and the larger apron will be for sale in my Etsy store when it eventually opensSOLD ;)

Here're some more piccies:

Pocket and small label detail

Large label detail

Have you spotted that these aprons are reversible?

Bows or Reef Knots?

Loving her Bedwyn Bear - named after the village we lived in in England, Bedwyn has been Flicky's friend since she asked for "a white bear that's bigger than me" as her third birthday present.

The adult apron is my own pattern design and a refashion of the apron I made back in April for my Mum's birthday - you can read my blog post by clicking on the image here.

The child's apron and chef's hats are made using the same patterns that I used back in February for my Chef Mabel hat and apron - you can read my blog post again by clicking on the image here. Unfortunately, the links to the child's apron and chef's hat patterns no longer work as the patterns have now been removed from the Michael Miller website. I have contacted Joanna of Stardust Shoes, who created the original patterns, and asked her if I can link to the patterns anywhere else and if/when I receive a response I'll update my relevant posts with any information she gives me.

So that's a girl and a bear but where are the dog and the unicorn I hear you asking?

That's better - it just wouldn't be the same without Tatty getting in on the act and she's brought along her favourite unicorn toy. She's actually hoping the unicorn will save her if she falls off our 23rd-floor balcony - I tell you, you soon have to get over a fear of heights living this high and with only rattling glass panels between you and the ground!!! You know those tennis courts you can see in some of the pics aren't the ground - they're on the roof of another building, the ground's a pretty long way down from here.

And to wrap everything up nicely here's some indoor photos and as you can see I'm being helped again by my ever willing photographic assistant ;)

Updated at 15 April 2014

Here's a photo of Addison and Amy-Leigh wearing their aprons, don't they just look great - thanks for sharing the photo girls, I'm delighted to see it :D

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Two years ago you couldn't get me out there either, for the first few weeks that we lived here I got dizzy and the building started to sway if I just looked out of the window. Thankfully that all passed and my confidence has grown - I guess that's what they aversion therapy?! :)

There not all in such good condition! I think maybe his size helped him, Flicky sat on him more than she dragged around my his ear or limb, that was probably to his advantage! :) I don't know who I'll get to model for me once Flicky leaves in September - Simon's not going to look quite so fetching in a little pink number ;)

Stunning! Your work is always so crisp, clean and precise!Flicky is certainly NOT afraid of heights, I would start shaking just thinking about standing on your balcony...lolThanks for linking up to 'Anything Goes'

What a wonderful post! Gorgeous aprons and I love that Flicky still loves her bear so much - I'm like that with my bears too! I am sure the recipient in Oz will be over the moon with her apron and hat :-)

What beautiful photos of Flicky cuddling Bedwyn Bear, both as a 3 year old and an adult!!! I loved your first chef's set and I think I love this one even more... such gorgeous fabric. The adult's apron looks great, too.

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